Research Article
The Rehabilitative Effect of Archery Exercise Intervention in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Table 2
The upper extremity impairments and activity functions between the experimental and control groups at the baseline.
| | Outcome variables | Experimental group (N = 16) | Control group (N = 15) | M-W U (Z) | value | | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| | Purdue pegboard test | | Right hand test | 10.57 (4.31) | 10.20 (2.36) | 95.50 (−0.97) | 0.332 | | Left hand test | 10.31 (4.10) | 9.49 (2.95) | 94.00 (−1.03) | 0.303 | | Both hands test | 8.04 (3.58) | 7.40 (2.41) | 97.00 (−0.91) | 0.363 | | UPDRS | | UPDRS I | 4.87 (3.42) | 5.13 (3.23) | 113.00 (−0.28) | 0.781 | | UPDRS II | 11.50 (7.76) | 13.33 (8.42) | 92.00 (−1.11) | 0.267 | | UPDRS III | 33.31 (18.90) | 38.53 (17.20) | 92.00 (−1.11) | 0.268 | | Physical fitness | | BMI | 24.64 (2.66) | 24.89 (2.90) | 110.00 (−0.40) | 0.693 | | Waist-hip ratio | 0.89 (0.08) | 0.95 (0.18) | 97.00 (−0.91) | 0.363 | | UE flexibility | −19.63 (16.81) | −19.93 (13.61) | 115.00 (−0.20) | 0.843 | | LE flexibility | −6.44 (13.07) | −9.27 (11.50) | 108.50 (−0.46) | 0.649 | | UE muscle strength | 15.19 (7.05) | 16.87 (7.95) | 99.00 (−0.83) | 0.405 | | LE muscle strength | 13.19 (5.04) | 11.13 (3.80) | 83.50 (−1.45) | 0.147 | | Cardiorespiratory endurance | 34.69 (14.64) | 26.53 (12.87) | 72.50 (−1.88) | 0.060 | | Right side static balance | 17.41 (13.62) | 16.81 (13.05) | 115.50 (−0.19) | 0.850 | | Left side static balance | 16.48 (12.79) | 12.51 (10.23) | 111.50 (−0.34) | 0.735 | | TUG test | 12.78 (7.64) | 11.38 (4.34) | 103.50 (−0.65) | 0.514 |
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Note: M-W U: the Mann–Whitney U statistic; Z: the Z-test score; UE: upper extremities; LE: lower extremities.
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